History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to...

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots

A lie travels round the world, while Truth is putting on her boots